Interaction Design

Interaction Design concerns the interaction between people and products in which information technology is a central component. This can, for instance, be the design of the complex interface between the driver and the network of computers controlling a modern car, the interface and gameplay of modern computer games, the next generation of mobile communication devices or the integration of computational technology into our everyday things, such as ’intelligent clothes’.

Regardless of application area, a design perspective on the interaction between people and technology is central. This makes interaction design an increasingly important area in application and systems development, as well as in industrial and product design.

• Computer game design, game design patterns
• Experimental IT-design with emphasis on the aesthetics of computational technology as a design material
• Information visualization and intelligent user interfaces with applications in clinical medicine
• Interaction design methods
• Multi modal interfaces with emphasis on 3D-sound in user interfaces
• Tangible User Interfaces with emphasis on design, educational use, and usability evaluation
• Ubiquitous Computing including design and construction of interactive artifacts and environments embedded systems, and work on new types of computer-supported games